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12 Power Searches
Presented by: Ryan Leary, RecruitingWebinars.com
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12 Power Searches Techniques
Open Web
1. People on the Move 2. List Searching 3. Searching the first Person 4. Proximity Search 5. Facebook Groups 6. Recently Update Profiles
Unique Techniques
1.TLD: Top Level Domain Searching 2. Spelling variations and notations 3. What does your candidate say? 4. Fill in the blank _______ * ________ 5. Around the Town search 6. Follower Search [ Twitter ]
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Power Search 1: People on the Move
Search Credit: Amitai Givertz: BrownBagRecruiter.com
People on the Move is great for: Movers and Shakers Promotions and company announcements of employees Identifying prospective names for leads and conversations Targeting Newspapers, Journals, Magazines etc. The Search:
People on the Move (your keyword | Your keyword) (appointed | joined | announced | promoted | transferred | was named | resignation | resigned)
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Power Search 1: People on the Move
Search Credit: Amitai Gvertz: BrownBagRecruiter.com
3 Parts to the search: 1. People on the Move 2. (Software Engineer | java architect)
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Power Search 1: People on the Move
Search Credit: Amitai Gvertz: BrownBagRecruiter.com People on the Move (Software Engineer | java architect) (appointed | joined | announced | promoted | transferred | was named | resignation | resigned)
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Power Search 2: Lists and Associations
List and Association Searching: Use for associations, committees, staff and memberships emails and contacts Targets emails and contacts but you can adjust to target additional information I use this search to identify target lists of competitors that may have attended a conference and or public lists The Search:
(Keyword" OR Keyword OR Keyword) (inurl:list | inurl:~members | inurl:directory | intitle:list | intitle:~members | intitle:~directory | inurl:staff | inurl:association | inurl:board | inurl:committee | intitle:association | intitle:board | intitle:committee | intitle:staff) (email | contact) ext:xls
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Power Search 2: Lists and Associations 3 Parts to the search: 1. (DNA Sequencing OR PCR OR Metabolic)
we are searching These are the terms / topics
2. (inurl:list | inurl:~members | inurl:directory | intitle:list | intitle:~members | intitle:~directory | inurl:staff | inurl:association | inurl:board | inurl:committee | intitle:~association | intitle:board | intitle:committee | intitle:staff) This is targeting leadership or those
assumed to be in power
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Power Search 2: Lists and Associations ("DNA sequencing" OR PCR OR metabolic) (inurl:list | inurl:~members | inurl:directory | intitle:list | intitle:~members | intitle:~directory | inurl:staff | inurl:association | inurl:board | inurl:committee | intitle:association | intitle:board | intitle:committee | intitle:staff) (email | contact | phone | cell) (ext:xls | ext:pdf | ext.doc)
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Power Search 3: Searching the first person
Searching the first person will Allow you to find candidates that are writing in conversational form All you to find candidates that generally communicate better Get creative with targeting natural language and real sentences The Search:
(I | I have | Ive) (work | worked) (with | for | at) (merck | pfizer) (sales manager | business development)
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Power Search 3: Searching the first person 4 Parts to the search:
(I | I have | Ive) (work | worked) (with | for | at) (merck | pfizer) (sales manager | business development)
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Power Search 3: Searching the first person
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Power Search 4: Proximity Searching with Bing
Proximity search will allow you to Search terms or phrases within a specified distance from each other Find candidates that have relevant experience that may not clearly be called out on their resumes Control your variables. Keep a tighter search target. The Search:
I want to search a software development manger that has managed a group of developers. By default I keep finding resume of software design mangers but the candidates never managed people. My HM wants to see someone with people management. Software (engineer OR engineering) managed NEAR:3 people (resume OR cv)
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Power Search 4: Proximity Searching with Bing 2 Parts to the search: 1. Software (engineer OR engineering) 2. managed NEAR:3 people
Targeting the specific job title / skills set
Calling out the candidates management skills. NEAR is a Bing operator telling the search that manage and people need to be within 3 words of each other Not necessary but helps to tighten your search
3. (resume OR cv)
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Power Search 4: Proximity Searching with Bing
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Power Search 5: Find more Facebook Groups on the Open Web
Facebook Groups Searching is great for: Easier than searching on Facebook Quicker to connect More control over your search criteria. Facebook is just awful for search The Search:
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Power Search 5: Find more Facebook Groups on the Open Web 2 Parts to the search: 1. site:facebook.com
X-Ray search targeting Facebook Groups
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Power Search 5: Find more Facebook Groups on the Open Web site:facebook.com software engineer inurl:group
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Power Search 6: Searching Recently Updated Profiles
Searching recently updated profiles Helps to find active candidates Stop making the sour passive candidate faceActive candidates include layoffs, downsizing, voluntary retirement If you skip these types of resumes you are properly missing a big fee or your HM is not getting the best service. The Search:
(resume | CV) "software engineer "last updated * 2011" -job -jobs -template example -submit
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Power Search 6: Searching Recently Updated Profiles 2 Parts to the search: 1. (resume | CV)
Distinguish that we are looking for resumes
2. software engineer
We are looking for recently updated files. You can be creative here and search Recently updated * 2011 as well.
4. -job -jobs -template -example -submit Be cautious of what you are excluding.
This will cancel many quality results
(resume | CV) "software engineer "last updated * 2011" -job -jobs -template -example -submit
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Power Search 6: Searching Recently Updated Profiles
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Power Search 7: Top Level Domains
Searching Top Level Domains (TLD) Will find candidates that others can never find Usually returns less results because they are less used TLD explanation: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Top-level_domain The Search:
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Power Search 7: Top Level Domains 2 Parts to the search: 1. (intitle:resume | inurl:resume) 2. Education
Distinguish that we are looking for resumes
Education is a variable in most resumes of profiles. This helps to target these types of results. Keyword
3. Programmer Java
4. -job -jobs -template -example -submit Be cautious of what you are excluding.
This will cancel many quality results
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Power Search 7: Top Level Domains
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Power Search 8: Spelling Variations
Resume, Resum, Rsum Different dialects and country spellings Resume will not return results for rsum Alt E (and there are other ways) The Search:
(Resum | Rsum) "software engineer" -job -jobs -sample -submit (Intitle:rsum) education science chemistry -submit -apply
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Power Search 8: Spelling Variations 4 Parts to the search: 1. (Resum | Rsum) 2. Education
Distinguish that we are looking for resumes
Education is a variable in most resumes of profiles. This helps to target these types of results. Keyword
3. software Engineer
4. -job -jobs -template -example -submit Be cautious of what you are excluding.
This will cancel many quality results
(Intitle:rsum) education science chemistry -submit -apply (Intitle:rsum) education science chemistry -submit -apply
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Power Search 9 & 10: What is your candidate saying / Fill in the blank
I worked * microsoft People like to write like they talk. Not everyone is a resume writing robot You do not need to use resume tags, but you can Think of anything and use the * to manipulate the search outcome The Search:
I worked * microsoft I managed * people .*Joined verizon as a software * engineer I used to work * merck
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Power Search 9 & 10: What is your candidate saying / Fill in the blank
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Power Search 11: Around the Town
Around: Google hidden search Functions the same of Bings NEAR operator Allows you to target keywords and job titles AROUND or near specific target companies etc. The Search:
(resume | CV) software engineer AROUND(3) philadelphia -job -jobs apply -submit
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Power Search 11: Around the Town 4 Parts to the search: 1. (resume | CV)
Distinguish that we are looking for resumes
3. -job -jobs -apply submit Be cautious of what you are excluding. This will cancel
many quality results
(resume | CV) software engineer AROUND(3) philadelphia -job -jobs apply -submit
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Power Search 11: Around the Town
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Power Search 12: Follower Search
Leveraging twitter to find connections and your targets followers Twitter is used to connect not recruit (Recruiting is done on the phone) Target a candidate based on job title and keyword, and number of connections The Search:
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Power Search 12: Follower Search 3 Parts to the search: 1. 2000..35000 followers Targeting number of followers the user has on Twitter.
Shows usefulness to connect based on user activity
2. site:twitter.com
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Power Search 10: Around the Town
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